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MIDDLETOWN — Three of the four Wesleyan University students arrested in connection with MDMA overdoses on campus had large quantities of narcotics and prescription drugs in their rooms, prosecutors said during their arraignment Wednesday. Eric Lonergan, 22, Rama Agha al-Nakib, 20, and Zachary Kramer, 21, were all released Wednesday after appearing in Superior Court and posting bail. They are scheduled to appear in court again March 3. A fourth student, Andrew Olson, 20, posted bail Tuesday night and will also appear in court March 3. Eleven Wesleyan students were sickened on Sunday by "a mixture of several kinds of designer drug chemicals," Middletown police Chief William...

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